Fain-lès-Montbard

Fain-lès-Montbard (French pronunciation: [fɛ̃ lɛ mɔ̃baʁ], literally Fain near Montbard) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

Fain-lès-Montbard
Commune
The town hall (mairie)
Location of Fain-lès-Montbard
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Coordinates: 47°36′29″N 4°24′00″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Montbard
Canton	Montbard
Intercommunality	Montbardois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Pernet[1]
Area 1	7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	273
• Density	36/km2 (95/sq mi)
Demonym	Finois(e)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21259 /21500
Elevation	213–362 m (699–1,188 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	130	—
1975	184	+5.09%
1982	364	+10.24%
1990	341	−0.81%
1999	299	−1.45%
2007	274	−1.09%
2012	309	+2.43%
2017	300	−0.59%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

In Gallo-Roman times, a villa was built near an older temple, of which only traces remain.^[4]

Heritage

• Saint-Denis church
• Château de Malaisy: it was a luxurious hotel with a restaurant, a swimming pool and a large reception room before its abandonment at the end of 2012 following its bankruptcy.^[5] In January 2021, a dead body was found in the château, just before it found a new owner in March 2021.^[6][7]

• 
  Saint-Denis church
• 
  Inside the church
• 
  Château de Malaisy
• 
  The sitting room of the château during its abandonment in 2016

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department